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Webster Dictionary

  1. Fraying

    of Fray

  2. Frayingnoun

    the skin which a deer frays from his horns

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of fraying in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of fraying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of fraying in a Sentence

  1. Jamie Dimon:

    The American dream is alive, but fraying, major employers are investing in their workers and communities because they know it is the only way to be successful over the long term.

  2. Mike Schur:

    Part of the story of the premiere is that this team doesn't work together anymore, and she feels like she needs them back to do this final big project, the closeness of this group of people is fraying at the edges just because people's lives are taking them in different directions, and that culminates in the series finale.

  3. Chris Kofinis:

    Everyone wants to say he is not Obama, he is not good-looking or charismatic or a great speaker like Obama, but there is a fraying of confidence toward traditional leaders and everyone is ignoring it and praying that it goes away, if Sanders wins Iowa and New Hampshire, he could make it close in South Carolina, and potentially beat her in other states.

  4. Jamie Dimon:

    The American dream is fraying and income inequality is like the fault line.

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    relating to a technique that does not involve puncturing the skin or entering a body cavity
    A noninvasive
    B occasional
    C frantic
    D squashy

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